Galicia, a non-state nation in north-west Spain, has often been portrayed as a sentimental nation, a misty land of poets and legends. This book offers the first study of this trope as a feminizing, colonial stereotype that has marked Galician cultural history since the late nineteenth century. Through a close reading of the main texts of Galician literary history, the author shows how this trope has helped sustain the unequal power relation between Galicia and the Spanish State. As a consequence, questions of masculinity, morality and respectability have played an essential role in Galicia's national construction, thereby enforcing a masculine definition and limiting the role of women. This book argues for a revision of the main texts of Galician cultural nationalism through a gender and postcolonial perspective, showing that contemporary portrayals of Galician history are dependent on the politically debilitating trope of Galician sentimentality.
| ISBN: | 9780708326534 |
| Publication date: | 15th July 2013 |
| Author: | Helena MiguélezCarballeira |
| Publisher: | University of Wales Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 320 pages |
| Series: | Iberian and Latin American Studies |
| Genres: |
Literature: history and criticism European history |
Galicia, a non-state nation in north-west Spain, has often been portrayed as a sentimental nation, a misty land of poets and legends. This book offers the first study of this trope as a feminizing, colonial stereotype that has marked Galician cultural history since the late nineteenth century. Through a close reading of the main texts of Galician literary history, the author shows how this trope has helped sustain the unequal power relation between Galicia and the Spanish State. As a consequence, questions of masculinity, morality and respectability have played an essential role in Galicia's national construction, thereby enforcing a masculine definition and limiting the role of women. This book argues for a revision of the main texts of Galician cultural nationalism through a gender and postcolonial perspective, showing that contemporary portrayals of Galician history are dependent on the politically debilitating trope of Galician sentimentality.
Galicia, a Sentimental Nation features in the following genres: Literature: history and criticism, European history
Galicia, a Sentimental Nation is available in Hardback
Galicia, a Sentimental Nation was written by Helena MiguélezCarballeira and published by University of Wales Press
Galicia, a Sentimental Nation has 320 pages
Yes it is part of Iberian and Latin American Studies series
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